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The following Call for Papers hopes to establish a thematic panel within the conference'sgeneral framework but with a focus on poetry. The aim of this CfP is to provoke ideas andperspectives which may be accessible through specfic readings of poetry or throughparticular analyses of the poetic function(s). I hope it proves to be of interest for some ofyou.

Annonce

One of the greatest paradoxes of the 21st century is the fact that, even though western societies have reached an outstanding scientific and technological development, fear and insecurity continue to be very much alive in public discourse as well as in our private life. Concerns about terrorism, urban criminality, global epidemics, computer piracy and organized crime and, more recently, about the outcomes of the financial and economic crises circulate widely in the media and their highly politicized representations shape much of our everyday life.

Since the launching of the “war on terror” in the wake of the September 11th attacks, anxieties about security have grown intensively, justifying the strengthening of security policies and practices, not only in the US but all over the world. Despite this trend, other less “spectacular” forms of terror continue to have actual repercussions in our lives. In fact, a survey by the European Commission (released in November 2011) found that 34% percent of Europeans consider the financial situation rather than so-called “terrorism as the biggest threat to European security.

To what extent are many of these (in)securities real, exaggerated or constructed? What explains the disparate amount of attention paid to different sources of insecurity? Why do certain forms of “terror” achieve the status of “spectacles” and “memorable events”, while others receive comparatively little attention by the media and popular discourse?

In this conference we aim to examine how literature, art and culture have dealt with notions of insecurity and to what extent they have provided significant challenges and responses to hegemonic discourses.

Participants are encouraged to examine notions of insecurity from a wide variety of disciplinary perspectives. Issues to be discussed might include, but are not limited to:

Philosophical approaches to (in)security

Literary approaches to (in)security

Psychoanalytic approaches to (in)security

Politics of (in)security

The relation between insecurity and art

Insecurities associated with economic/financial crisis

(In)securities in Visual Culture

Representations of the “War on Terror”

Critical readings of “9/11” novels/films

Representations of the terrorist attacks in London and/or Madrid

Urban (in)securities and their representations

Depictions of the Arab Spring

The role of the media in the construction and/or dissemination of (in)securities

The role of technology in the construction and/or dissemination of (in)securities

The conference will include plenary lectures by guest speakers and thematic parallel sessions for registered delegates.